Chron's disease, rare association with selective IgA immunodeficiency, and development of life-threatening bacterial infections

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 523-524

  Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Coronado, Olga V ^a   Marinacci, Ginevra ^a   Righi, Mauro ^b   Calza, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; OXYGEN; STEROID; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERPYREXIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEUTROPHILIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN INFECTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; SEPSIS; SYNDROME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 4143063641     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020190     Document Type: Article

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